Starting with Fireflies, Speedrun the World

Esdeath leaned back in her chair, put her legs on the table, and glanced indifferently at her new subordinates.

She had already learned about their abilities and backgrounds, and had arranged for them to get to know each other beforehand.

Next, it's time to start the game of catching mice.

The Hunters aren't just targeting night raids; they're also targeting other clandestine organizations that are enemies of the Empire. Although Esdeath hasn't been back in the Empire for long, she's already got a pretty good understanding of the situation in the capital.

Beneath this bustling capital, chaos reigns.

But she didn't care about any of that; all she cared about was having fun. The night raids and the organizations lurking in the shadows had brought her quite a few surprises.

Even her three beast warriors were all killed!

Although they were her subordinates who had followed her for a long time, Esdeath wasn't sad at all, because that was her belief: the strong prey on the weak.

Their deaths only prove that they were not strong enough, too weak.

The death of the weak is a natural occurrence, nothing to be upset about.

However, the fact that he was able to kill her own subordinate did indeed pique her interest; surely his strength wouldn't leave her uninterested.

What's even more interesting is that it doesn't seem to be the Night Raid assassin who killed the Three Beasts, which makes her even more curious; there are far more enemies lurking in the shadows than she imagined.

"understood."

Upon hearing Esdeath's words, the Hunter members present exchanged glances, offering no particular response. However, despite being members of the Hunters, their relationships weren't exactly friendly.

There are also small groups, which can be seen from their seating arrangements.

Meanwhile, a short-haired girl with medium hair who looked somewhat similar to Kurohime and was also wearing a JK uniform was eating snacks.

She is Akame's younger sister, Kurome.

As a child, she and her sister were sold to the Imperial Agency and entered an assassin training facility to receive assassination training.

Because he was not selected as one of the seven elites, he was injected with drugs to forcibly enhance his abilities, but the burden on him was also quite heavy, as he was highly dependent on the drugs and needed to take them regularly.

However, due to the effects of the drugs, she could not be truly killed without cutting off her head or destroying her heart.

"Night raid..."

The older sister launched a night raid.

Kurome gripped her Imperial Arms, Corpse March of the Dead: Hachifusa, tightly. This was a very special Imperial Arm, considered one of the most terrifying. It could manipulate people killed by this sword through curses, and could control up to eight corpse puppets.

Even the corpses of super-dangerous species can be controlled. And the puppets retain the same abilities as when they were alive and can move freely.

Therefore, she can even manipulate puppets to fight against the entire Night Raid all by herself.

Of course, this terrifying Imperial Arm also has a weakness. The more corpses that Yafusa manipulates during its activation, the more it reduces the host Kurome's own abilities. After the abilities are deactivated, Kurome becomes an ordinary corpse.

"Great! I can see my sister again!"

"That way I can turn my sister into a doll too, and then we'll never be separated again."

A sickness appeared in Kurome's eyes. For her, apart from snacks and desserts, the thing she cared about most was killing her older sister Akame and turning her into a corpse doll to keep by her side forever.

Kurohime couldn't understand why her sister would choose to betray her.

Everyone was working diligently on the assassination organization, but the older sister chose to betray them, fleeing the organization and joining the opposing side of the empire...

"...Little sister, are you alright?"

Will noticed the change in the black eyes beside him and, for some reason, felt a chill in his heart and a sense of fear.

However, the only one who seems easy to get along with here is Kurohime; the other members are all rather strange. So I'm still quite concerned about her situation.

"fine."

Hei Tong glanced at him, then regained her composure.

"All right……"

Upon hearing this, Will didn't ask any more questions.

Besides Kurohime and Will, the Hunters have four other members.

They are Polus of the Imperial Burning Force, Seryu Ubiquitas of the Imperial Capital Garrison, the mad scientist Dr. Fashion, and the former teacher Ran.

Another difference is that Seryu no longer cooperated with Dr. Fashion to modify her body.

Instead, they stayed here quietly.

Dr. Fashion has accelerated its own experimentation and has already created quite a few modified humans.

Seryu quietly observed her "companions." She had a mission in joining the hunters. As an inside agent, there were many things she couldn't let slip.

However, she didn't dare to look too much at Esdeath, but she did pay attention to Dr. Fashion beside her, because... he had the Imperial Arm that Miss Clara needed, God's Hand.

If we could get this Imperial Arms from him and give it to Miss Clara, it would be a great achievement.

Compared to the God's Hand, the Teigu that Tatsumi and the others gave Clara was nothing.

Let's have a vote!

There are no writing events, so it looks like it will take another ten days or so to finish this batch of drafts.

Then comes the next volume.

Do you guys like Robin/Sunday's Super God Academy?

Or is it a pre-collapse civilization?

Or perhaps we should start by writing about Huo Huo's zombie uncle?

A Date with a Zombie?

Soul Town Street?

Or...

Is Huanlong, transformed into the Destroyer Lord, heading to Marvel to wreak havoc?

Hmm, Homelander, or Super God Academy too?

Chapter 49 The Hunter Organization and the Prelude to the Great Night Raid

After the special security force "Hunters" was established, it did not achieve much success, only sweeping away bandits around the capital.

However, there was still no news about the key targets: the organization that launched the night raid and killed the Three Beasts.

The main reason is that organizations like Night Raid became less active after the Hunters were established. Even though Esdeath planned several fishing trips, none of them were successful, which made Esdeath, who couldn't find a target, a little bored.

After all, those bandits and robbers had absolutely no interest in her.

She mostly delegated tasks to her subordinates, without having to lift a finger herself.

This situation continued until this day, when Dr. Fashion and his men appeared before Esdeath.

She brought Esdeath the news she wanted, as if she wanted to claim credit.

"You said you found the location where Night Raiders were hiding?"

Esdeath's previously uninteresting attitude immediately turned serious upon hearing Dr. Fashion's words; finally, something had caught her attention.

"While it's not entirely certain yet, it's definitely in that area; I can guarantee that!"

Dr. Fashion confidently guarantees that these are the latest achievements of his cyborgs, and there's absolutely no mistake about them.

He not only modified machines and guns on the human body, but also stitched similar organs of dangerous species onto the human body.

While this led to many negative effects on the experimental subjects, it also brought about many advantages.

Just like his eyes, ears, and nose—the reconnaissance trio. They possess eyesight, hearing, and a sense of smell comparable to top-tier dangerous species.

With these clues, the approximate location of the night raid base was discovered by accident. However, a thorough search would surely reveal the exact location of the assassins' hideout.

"In that case, let's set off and find it for me!"

"Even if you have to turn the mountain upside down, you have to find those rats hiding in the shadows."

"I hope you don't disappoint me."

Esdeath did not hesitate and immediately gave the order. With a general target in mind, she was determined to find them, even if it meant turning the entire forest and mountains upside down.

She didn't have time to play hide-and-seek with these assassins.

Since there are so many police forces in the capital, let's just send them all out.

"Yes."

"Let my fashion army lead the way!"

Dr. Fashion laughed upon hearing this, brimming with confidence; the cannon fodder he had modified could finally be put to use.

During this period, relying on the Imperial Arm Godguard, he has optimized many cyborgs. In addition, after joining the "Jarmen," he used the privileges granted by the Empire to capture a large number of people for human experimentation.

A great deal of success has been achieved...

Those defective products from before can also be reused to contribute to the upcoming night raid operation, and then make it easier to ask the Empire for the resources it wants.

"..."

"Then I'll wait and see."

Esdeath didn't pay much attention to Dr. Fashion's words. She also didn't take his modifications too seriously, as he was still just a weakling in her eyes. However, she knew that Dr. Fashion's technology was impressive, even enjoying high recognition in the Western Kingdom.

He is a very outstanding talent...

After instructing Dr. Fashion to arrange her acquisition, Esdeath decided to head to the security forces. Although she was only the boss of the "Hunter," Esdeath still had direct authority over the entire Imperial Capital's security forces.

Even the minister of the security forces could not stop her orders.

Although Esdeath had faith in Dr. Fashion's abilities, searching such a large area still required a significant number of people.

Since these guards have nothing to do all day, let's send them all to search the mountains. Esdeath doesn't care about the manpower required!

Under Esdeath's orders, a large number of security personnel quickly assembled, ready to conduct a thorough search of the target area at any time.

At this point, the other members of the hunters had just received the news.

Opinions on Dr. Fashion varied, as it turned out this guy had found out the approximate location of the night raid first.